The economy was the 800-pound empty-pockets gorilla in the room as nearly 100 enthusiastic voters gathered for a candidates’ forum at South Whidbey High School on Wednesday night.
It’ll cost nearly $4.4 million to bring Langley Middle School up to current seismic standards, the South Whidbey School District board was told Wednesday.
Voter quizzed candidates on issues at League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island forum and commissioner candidate Bakke insisted his support for a 1-percent increase in the property tax doesn’t violate the pledge, because that’s an increase in an existing tax, not a new tax.
The South Whidbey School District board will meet in a workshop session today to find out how much a seismic upgrade of Langley Middle School will cost.
Nichols Brothers Boat Builders is preparing a bid to construct a portion of two new 64-car high-speed ferries for the Keystone-Port Townsend run, said Matt Nichols, managing director for business development, Thursday
Student ridership during the week beginning Monday, Oct. 13, will determine how much transportation money the South Whidbey School District gets from the state.
The South Whidbey School District wants its contractors to get the lead out in getting the lead out.
Leigh Anderson, a Freeland business consultant and longtime education advocate, is the newest member of the South Whidbey School District board.
First there was no opponent in the Island County auditor’s race, and then, all of a sudden, there was.
Oak Harbor City Council member Jim Palmer received enough votes in a write-in campaign in the primaries to qualify for the general election ballot Nov. 4.
He’ll face incumbent Sheilah Crider, who assumed the office in January.
Bayview will soon be the hub for South End medical services offered by Whidbey General Hospital.
Freeland Lanes is about to be knocked off its pins.
Owner Steve Myers plans to tear down the landmark bowling alley on Harbor Avenue and put up a retail/office building.
Barring an unlikely invasion of the South End by a swarm of children lugging books, this year’s high school graduating class will be the largest for a long time to come.
The owner of forest land north of Freeland is moving ahead with plans for five housing projects on a portion of the property.
Dogwood Whidbey Development has applied to Island County for permits to establish planned residential developments, or PRDs, on 234 of its 800 acres, and to lift a moratorium to allow clearing and grading on the sites.
